Several followers immediately took offense to Rimes’ statement one quote. “Riots aren’t sad you idiot,” one person wrote. Someone being murdered by a police officer is sad. Get off Twitter and educate yourself.”

Many were infuriated that she dressed so inappropriately for a “family-friendly” event wearing a leather corset, black bustier and form-fitting skirt with a high slit that revealed her black thigh-high stockings and an oversized coat that was falling off of her shoulders during the high-energy performance. Someone tweeted “And why is LeAnn Rimes dressed like an escaped crack whore?”